An ideal first book for beginners with lots of short easy tunes to get children playing straight away. Using easy-to-read simplified notation there is a careful progression of material and lively rhythms on sporty, jungle, and space themes. Complete with helpful fingering charts, puzzles, games, and colourful illustrations.Forces or Category : Very easy violin piecesDifficulty : Very easy32 pages 02 July 1998Kathy Blackwell and David BlackwellKathy Blackwell is an experienced peripatetic string teacher, currently teaching privately after many years working for Oxfordshire County Council. She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups. Her determination to find the very best pieces - well written and accessible, tuneful and catchy - led directly to the creation of the Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time series.David Blackwell has worked in publishing for Oxford University Press and ABRSM. He has conducted both adult and children's choirs, and published several fine choral arrangements. He has contributed pieces to several instrumental tutor books as well as co-writing Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time.